Monday, July 07, 2008

Alright, since high school and college sports are officially over for the summer, it's time for some summer cleaning.

Starting next fall, not only will this blog be getting a new look — a WordPress.org makeover — but your author is changing as well.

The tentative plan (plans are always tentative in the newspaper business) is for staff writer Erick Smith to take over the high school duties in the fall.

That's him up at the top of this post. Doesn't working with me look like such a blast?

I'm preparing to try and fill Brian Milne's shoes on the college beat come football season.

In my two plus years so far in SLO County, one of my favorite parts of the job has been watching this blog grow.

I appreciate every reader out there who takes the time to visit and post comments. Our interaction has made The Tribune's sports coverage much stronger and has really helped me do a better job.

I don't plan on stepping completely away from high school sports, and I'll help Erick out where I can, but I'm also looking forward to the different challenge of covering Cal Poly and Cuesta athletics.

I lay this gauntlet out for Central Coast prep sports fans: This blog had better not wane.

We've gone through some slow times, but the spirited debates, the comments, the polls and the general traffic have all opened up some eyes in The Tribune newsroom. High school sports has a fervent following, and I expect it to continue to show.

Check back for the new web addresses of both sports blogs in the future. And thanks for the time.

If I remember right it was SLO for the 2nd year in a row knocking Arroyo Grando OUT of the playoffs. This years Pac7 schedule has been changed. AG no longer plays SLO the last game of the season. Word has it they don't want to be knocked out by SLO the last game anymore. Now another fine PAC7 team will have the honor of crushing AG in the last game for the Eagles season. Pluck them birds...........

Im not even an AG fan but 9:02 you are making yourself and your school sound like idiots leave comments like that. Do everyone a favor and stick with whatever it is you do best...my mind can only wonder.

PASO Should be really good with all of those athletes cant wait till Westlake.ATASCADERO should be pretty good with all of those muscles guess will find out real early how good they are.SLO should be decent maybe they can score some points this year.Righetti should be decent also but you never know what they are going to do.Lompoc will be ok with that bobby collins but one man cant beat a hole team.AG was an imbarresment to the Pac-7last year Losing to Aptos,PV,and St.Joe. Hopefully they can do better this year.And hopefully all the teams will do good but Paso and Atown are gonna bring some pride to the county.Go Bearcats

So Erika gets this blog and hasn't even posted a subject. Had to have Scroggs post the first one for him. I'll go out on a limb here with a prediction...Ewok sucks. He's a leftover. A reject. Put Erk back on garbage detail. Give us anyone else. Someone that actually shows up here on the blog.

Scroggins was spotted on the Cal Poly blog today. Still no siting of Erikc the Ewok. I think you're right, Scroggins is both of them. We'll see if anyone from the Trubune even looks at this blog. Here's a test....

No, the Trib doesn't suck. Scroggins was good. It's just the choice of this Erick kid that sucks. The Tribune should take responsability for this descision though. I hate out of town owners of local papers.

Sorry for the delay in building the new prep sports blog. My goal is to have it up and running next week. There is some early football news in Friday's paper and next week I plan to start blogging about football practices. So be on the lookout.

Atascadero has had roid rumors for years. Just like any other team that has been dominate, even if it is distant past. They have been investigated and never come up with anything. But the coaching staff WOULD NOT be responsible for giving them out! Do you know these guys? You are making some pretty big accusations about someone you don't even know! Come on guys! Get a life! If your clueless enough to believe that Atascadero is the only school with drug problems it's time to move away from your computer and interact with the rest of the world! EVERY school has it's fair share of drug issues. Do you think every kid in Paso, Templeton, SLO, MB, AG, Nipomo, Santa Maria, St. Joe, Righetti, Pioneer, Santa Ynez, Cabrillo and Lompoc would all be clean in a drug test? Look at all those schools and figure how many boys walk on to that field in one season and do the math! Talk about something intelligent would you?Hey Eric! Welcome! Hopefully you can turn this blog around to something good with the strong points of SLO county athletics. Most high school athletes work to hard to have this stuff published about them.

Paso actually. Sorry for the spelling error but spelling errors and all I still apparently have more important things to do than bash high school kids. Which apparently you do not. Find something good to say about the kids. Why spread negative gossip about kids?

people need to know that he has posted a couple things up on his "new" blog. the link is on the tribune home page, i believe its called "the preps box" he has all the new and old topics. we need people to comment and to talk, its football season!!!

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